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The Moon on Wednesday, January 26, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on January 26, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 26 January 1983360,691 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 26, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.3% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
360,691 km224,123 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1983 is on Friday, January 28, 1983 at 22:26 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 14, 1983 at 05:08 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, January 22, 198305:34
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 28, 198322:26

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Wednesday, January 26, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 1983 to the new moon of February 13, 1983, a cycle of 29.81 days.